MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Washington Federal Bank

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 2, 2022

Filed

Jul 25, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

36,119state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Washington Federal Bank →

Supplemental notice for Washington Federal Bank (WaFd Bank) regarding a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Kaye-Smith Enterprises. Exposure occurred May 18-June 2, 2022. 36,119 Washington residents notified on Sept 16, 2022. Data included names, addresses, phone numbers, and account numbers. Credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

May 18, 2022

Begins

Jun 2, 2022

Discovered

Jul 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed36,119 affectedView incident

Name: Kaye-Smith
norm: kaye smith

Name: Washington Federal Bank
norm: washington federal bank
Also named: Washington Federal Bankdba oflegal entity
WaFd Bankdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 2, 2022
Breach occurred: May 18, 2022 – Jun 2, 2022
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 36,119state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged outside experts to investigate suspicious activity
Notified federal law enforcement
Deployed enhanced security measures and endpoint monitoring and detection
Changes made: Enhanced security measures and monitoring
Providing complimentary credit monitoring service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM15790.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2022
Raw hash: 650e44d05f94448382fa7bdb6f829ca59198cd31b973c934d80aea80b1a2dbc6

Reporting entityKaye-Smith

Victim entityWashington Federal Bank

Incidentdiscovered Jun 2, 2022

Stated responseEngaged outside experts to investigate suspicious activity

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com